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President Barack Obama declared a national emergency in 2009 during the swine flu outbreak. President George W. Bush declared a national emergency the day after the 9/11 attacks.
Those were national emergencies.

On turning 80: It's not the how it's happened--day by day. Or the why. Good genes or luck. It's what I'm to do with the rest of my life. Write a poem a day. Love my family. Fight for justice. Learn a new skill. Watch the birds. Write another book. Make a new friend. Find love.

Thank you to @drydenbks and @LindaSuePark for one of the best intensives I’ve ever attended at an @scbwi conference. You enhanced my writing toolkit from regular to cutting edge, and showed me how best to use it. #NY19SCBWI